Being from the Japanese Royal Family

Chapter 1 - Birthday

When I woke up that morning, I felt weird. I didn't know what to think. It was the day of one of my baccalaureate exams, yet all I could think about was my conversation with Nicolas from the night before. We had talked on the phone like we do every night, but this time, he has said something weird. He said, "You know what Kaeru, I'm going to stop acting so innocent around you."

And all I could answer was, "Oh okay, so now you are going to go all bad boy on me?" Which I said jokingly.

He just replied, "I don't think you understand what I mean, but you'll see."

With that the conversation switched and then I hung up and went to bed.

But this morning, I now felt weird about it. I get ready for my exam and go sit at the breakfast table where my parents are waiting for me. Just so you get a picture of my family: my mother is french and so is my step father. My dad is Canadian and lives there. I for my part was born in Benin and am originally half beninese and half Japanese and in addition to that, french and Canadian. What a weird family huh?

Anyways, I sit at the breakfast table and eat my usual cereal, milk and banana. And for your information, I do pour milk before cereal. Both of my parents look at me, then at each other confused. I here my stepdad say, "Did she forget?"

I didn't understand what they were talking about. They both get up and start singing. "Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you."

I had in fact completely forgotten it was my birthday and I never forget my birthday. In fact, it is usually the day I get p super early and am full of energy. But as it was the beginning of exams, I wasn't as energetic. And also, Nicolas's words were still in my head I didn't have a lot of time though, but I manage to finish eating before it is time to leave. I get up from the table and kiss my parents goodbye.

I get out of the house and join my best friend Aisha in her car. I always go to school with her, I comes pick me up every morning with a hot chocolate, that's how good of a best friend she is. And today as it was my birthday, she brought me my favorite kind of snacks for during the exam. I get in her car and we put our favorite song on as we head to school.

After we have checked in for the exam, we head to our room. We see the other people from our class and start talking to them. They all wish me happy birthday which made me really happy. We talked about how not ready we were for the exams and about nothing specific. Until I spot Nicolas coming from down the hall. He never fails to amaze me. The way he dresses, the way he walks, everything about him is just, just... I wouldn't even know how to describe it. I see him walking towards us, and I feel butterflies in my stomach. This boy might kill me someday just because he is so perfect.

Hey! This is going to be my first "long" work. Please give me feedback. Thank you
Yudoru (ゆどろ) 🌸